Microsoft Preps 34 Security Fixes for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft
plans to release 10 security bulletins for Patch Tuesday June 8.
The bulletins-three of which are rated critical-cover 34 security
vulnerabilities. Six of them affect Windows, including two of the critical
ones. The final critical bulletin is for Internet Explorer.

Microsoft said it is planning to close two vulnerabilities it warned users
about earlier in 2010-a vulnerability in Microsoft
SharePoint that could be exploited to escalate privileges, and an IE
vulnerability reported in February that impacts customers running Windows
XP or who have disabled Internet Explorer Protected Mode.

In addition to the IE bulletin and the six Windows bulletins, there are
three bulletins rated important that affect Microsoft Office.
The security fixes are slated to be released June 8.